📍 6125 Hurt Road, Horn Lake, DeSoto County, 38637
Horn Lake Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Horn Lake, DeSoto County. The school has 1,021 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Desoto Co School Dist school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 64.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. 21% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Horn Lake Middle School enrolls 1,021 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 64.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% Black or African American, 13% White and 7.1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 747 | 73% |
| White | 128 | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 73 | 7.1% |
| Two or more races | 66 | 6.5% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,018 of the school's 1,021 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 828 qualify for free lunch and 190 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Horn Lake Middle School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MS-10, state senate district 2, state house district 25.
Horn Lake Middle School is one of 42 schools in DeSoto County School District, based in Hernando, Mississippi. The district serves 34,934 students district-wide and employs 2,367 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,021 students, Horn Lake Middle School is larger than the district average of about 832 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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